Comments on: What Holds The Nucleus Together?

By: Michael Kande

Michael Kande — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:32:51 +0000

Religion doesnt explain anything Science. Biblical inferences is for the lazy mind, who resorts to an easy way out of scienctific challenges.

Leave the bible in the church. Bible doesnt explain where God came from either. Fair and square.

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Mon, 03 May 2021 19:02:32 +0000

In reply to Muhammad Hussain. Well, the strong nuclear force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, and answering what produces it is therefore a very deep and mysterious question.

By: Muhammad Hussain

Muhammad Hussain — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 05:21:57 +0000

This really very helpful regarding the basic point of holding the nucleus….but there is no idea that what produce the strong nuclear holding force

By: Orchidomania

Orchidomania — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:19:48 +0000

I was right :D ''the neutrons are a source of more strong force for the nucleus since they participate in the meson exchange. These factors, coupled with the tight packing of protons in the nucleus so that they can exchange mesons creates enough strong force to overcome their mutual repulsion and force the nucleons to stay bound together.'' Thank you for the confirmation :)

By: C. Rockfort

C. Rockfort — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:12:54 +0000

thank you for the reply :)

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:49:08 +0000

In reply to Orchidomania.

I am not a nuclear physicist, so this article is better than anything I could have written on the subject: http://aether.lbl.gov/elements/stellar/strong/strong.html#:~:targetText=Since%20they%20have%20no%20charge,participate%20in%20the%20meson%20exchange.

By: Orchidomania

Orchidomania — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:14:30 +0000

What about the effects of the neutrons since they are neutral, don’t they have an effect to ‘block’ or ‘absorb’ some of the repulsion of the protons?

By: David Dilley

David Dilley — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:03:39 +0000

In reply to Daniel B. Sedory. Thank you for your insights and biblical viewpoint.

By: Daniel B. Sedory

Daniel B. Sedory — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 07:44:05 +0000

I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘How absurd!’ about this phenomenon. For a chemist, as James explained, they really don’t even need to know how, let alone what, keeps a nucleus together (that’s what nuclear physicists are for), only that it does. But there are a number of important facts to be learned here, e.g., that the ‘strong force’ has its limits: The size of a nucleus cannot exceed a certain diameter before it becomes unstable. But it’s also true that this force will not keep pulling protons and neutrons together any denser than certain limits. It’s also been proven that protons and neutrons are not basic particles, like an electron, but are each comprised of _quarks_ and other theoretical particles which protons and neutrons exchange with each other that bind them together.
Now, lest anyone think I’m an atheist, I’m not. I believe the same words that Bill Perry quoted, but I’m all for attempting to describe a phenomenon in as much detail as we possibly can. Another fascinating fact: A proton’s mass is slightly less than a neutron’s, and if it was the same as a neutron, then Hydrogen could not exist; the proton itself would be unstable! And, we owe that fact to nuclear physicists. Although there will be those who do such research only in an attempt to prove God does not exist, I believe the more we find out about the Universe and how it functions, the more there is to lead us to belief in its Creator.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:27:43 +0000

In reply to Bill Perry. Thank you.